johnplumb

Never been there but just looked at the place which lake are you going to fish and are you going mid week or over the weekend ?

All of the Cemex waters have been sold , some have gone to clubs ,some gone syndicate , some day ticket .

And from me let us know how it goes

For a 48 hr session the two of us will take 3 gallons and I have gone out for more , the lake only allows maggots to be used November to February and for a few winters we would fish with bags ( obviously using a lot less) but never caught a fish then two years ago I got a boat and after reading up a bit a few people had suggested a reasonable quantity of maggots going in to a lake can turn them onto them . So we put out a big bed and fished a rod each on the spot and caught a few , the flavouring was just an idea to give them something to taste in the water at night , as it happen all the fish came in darkness up to 31 lb For what it's worth I only use live ones and I don't believe they go far in the colder water , I have used big bags of maggots on another lake we fish and not caught ( no boats) My take on it is , on that lake the big pile of maggots turns them on to realy getting their heads down , for two years we have caught fish when most of the others on the lake have blanked don't get me wrong many other fish get caught through the winter but few seem to catch multiple fish , hopefully in two weeks we will get to try it again . Sadly the only way to see if it works on your lake is to bite the bullet and go for it but if your fishing bags and not catching all you have to loose is the cost of the maggots

Obviously every lake is different but I have good suscess using a lot of maggots on a spot 6/8 pints together with a 500ml bottle of flavouring , I use cell , rig wise I use a 6" mono basic hair rig with a big ball of maggots (40/50) sewn on using a needle and cotton . This has caught me some decent fish when many other people using small bags of maggots have blanked

Was the guy next to you a better angler ? Did every one fishing that weekend catch ? You may not of actually done anything wrong and the fact you caught one may just mean you got everything right and that fish was going to be your only chance of a fish .

The pulling force will remain the same the difference will come by using a thicker wire hook ( usually bigger ) this will help spread the load on the point of entry in the mouth ,

More likely to hang myself

You have put some nice fish on the bank Emm , good on you .

Never met you Emm but rapidly going off you .

Hi Phil, firstly don't pi55 Paul off he has his ways and as has been said some don't like it but it what keeps the lake idiot free and makes it a nice peaceful place to fish . As you know it's a double swim , on the left is an island and a channel a tip I was given by a guy who fishes the lake regularly was to fish with maize in the the middle of the channel . In front you have another island that you can now fish to ( the swim boundries have been changed) but be wary as some of the margins are very shallow probaly best staying a good 4 ft off to be safe , if no one is in 10 there are a set of lilies at the right hand end of the island and you can get inbetween them and the island The right hand side of the swim has an island which gives you a long margin to fish ( bit snaggy ) and a small channel that leads into swim 3 past the end of the island are a set of reeds and a small bay . The lake has a good head of nice fish but generally they don't give themselves up to easily with regards to bait I would keep an eye on the catch reports and see what is working Paul sells bait and the fish do seem to favour certain baits for a while and if something has been working it is probaly worth going with that rather than trying something they don't know . Some years Paul lets you fish maggots in October ( normally November) if you can use them DO and use as many as you can . Swim 3 is just behind 4 and as long as you have a remote and Paul agrees have a rod out each in 3 and 2 each out in 4 . I can't give you any exact instructions on where and how to fish , most of my fish have come from the margins rather than open water and I don't think it's a good idea to thrash the granny out the place marking and spodding , you can get a contour map from MB mapping . Once again keep an eye on the catch reports and the forum or Facebook it's a good heads up on what's happening , good luck .

Is it a holiday booking ? , do you now what swim you are fishing?

I seem to remember something about when whipping the knot on the fox hooks you needed to take the turns down level with the point of the hook before bringing it back through the eye to get it to work properly .

Not knowing how much gear you will be taking but a crew style van doesn't leave a huge amount of space for 5 people's gear , how about a People carrier and an 8 by 4 trailer the crossing will probaly be cheaper than a van

Fairly sure it's a cat , and my daughter wants it .

Now I don't know anything of bait making but I assuming it will lose its smell as well as look differant after sitting on a lake bed for a few days , isn't there a case for rolling boilies with the blandest ingredients you possibly can ? Just maybe the fish feel that they are safe because there is no smell to them

He is , Charles looks like he could do no wrong .here is Bill as a kitten and now .

Bill got in a fight , he is not happy

Let's face it if your rigs are not spot on your wasting your time . Anyone who isn't a bit OCD over them is set to fail. I wonder how many people neglect to check rigs and concentrate over getting other things right and end up fishing in the perfect spot with every thing pinned down with a rig that just won't work .

This is what I said , waters will trade on their history and if people want to buy into it then fine but they are not the same places they once were . It's a bit like seeing the best Beatles tribute band in the world it may be nice to se them but they ain't the Beatles , they were then and this is now . The North lake at Yateley was drained , refilled and stocked with fish from the Blue Pool at Burfield are those fish now Yateley fish or are they Blue Pool fish ? In twenty years time how many people will remember or care , the one thing I will bet on is the lake will still be remembered for Bazil

I kind of feel that most most have all but gone , but in name , they got the reputations in the 50's 60's and 70's and most are now very different waters . I have fished Pads, North and Copse over at Yateley but they all have been stocked and I would never claim I was fishing the same waters that made them famous . Even Redmire is now basically a day ticket water if you have the money you can fish it and that is true of most waters . The history comes from the people and the fish they were fishing for at that time ,

The final of the BCAC is being held there this year , there is a web site , 45 swims on a 45 acre lake from what I can see you are taken to your swim with your gear . Fish up to high 40's . In comparison to what it was I guess now it would be considered a runs water but I'm willing to bet it ain't going to be easy . We can also get into the debate on what makes a ' history ' water and is it now just another day ticket water trading on its former glory .

So sorry Andy , Thought I was looking at a picture of our black cat when I saw Purrdi , his sister was run over 10 years ago

If it said what I thought it said you would of been banned

Stay at home and do as the mrs asks As I looked at this I didn't read the word as and miss read the word asks and for a brief moment thought , I think we have a ban coming